This is my first story but don't worry, in time it will get better, I hope.
Chapter 1
She still remembered that night walking into the church and sitting down in the last row feeling stupid for being there and guilty for not having come more often. Seeing the other people there her age praising God, yelling and cheering as if they were at a rock concert. "Ah" she thought to herself "they are so lucky to be stuck in this Christian bubble and not know about the demons out there, the demons and monsters that she was destined to fight, for what seemed like forever. Oh how she wished that she were back in heaven, to feel God's presence and to see all that beauty with someone else around to protect it. But she wasn't there, instead two weeks age she had woken up in her coffin having to dig her way out only to be greeted by monsters and demons that only she could fight.
The only place that she could find peace from the fighting was at church. So there she was in church, last row listing to the songs that they were singing. When that ended a young man about age 25 or 30 stepped up to the mic and thanked everyone for coming. He said that tonight he was going to be preaching on "How to fight your demons." Buffy couldn't believe it, these Christians new about demons. "Well I know God knew about them, but he told these people about them too" she thought. Suddenly she didn't feel so alone. Then as they got deeper into the message Buffy realized that they were talking about inner demons, like lust and rebellion, sin stuff. She knew she had to deal with those things in her life but it seemed the demons out there needed to be dealt with first.
She was about to leave when the Pastor started to preach that everyone had a purpose and a destiny. Buffy couldn't help but let out a low groan, even at church she had to hear it, she was the chose one, blah blah blah. Once again she got up to leave but she couldn't move, the Pastor's message was different then any she had ever heard about this destiny stuff, he certainly didn't sound like Giles. He was saying that God had designed and chosen each and very person there with specific intent and meaning for there life and that they owed it to themselves to find what that was. The pastor spoke again and said "what kind of God would He be if He didn't have a plan for your life and it wasn't the best plan?" This got Buffy thinking "he's right, God has got to have something in mind or else he wouldn't have let me be brought back here, but how do I find out what it is?" Then the pastor asked if anyone would like this and if they could please raise their hand.
Well at this time Buffy's heart started to beat really fast and loud, kindda like when Angel was around. But he wasn't, it was something bigger. For the first time Buffy felt something that she hadn't felt since she left heaven, and that was God. She thought of all the bad things in her life that she had done, things that the bible had said was wrong and so she thought to herself "why did I even go to heaven when I died, I believed in God but I wasn't living for Him, but I want to now, I want to find the destiny I have in Him." She knew that the only way she was going to heaven was if she believed that because Jesus died on the cross her sins were forgiven and that it didn't matter what she did. So Buffy raised her hand and received Jesus as Savior and Lord over her life.
Chapter 1
She still remembered that night walking into the church and sitting down in the last row feeling stupid for being there and guilty for not having come more often. Seeing the other people there her age praising God, yelling and cheering as if they were at a rock concert. "Ah" she thought to herself "they are so lucky to be stuck in this Christian bubble and not know about the demons out there, the demons and monsters that she was destined to fight, for what seemed like forever. Oh how she wished that she were back in heaven, to feel God's presence and to see all that beauty with someone else around to protect it. But she wasn't there, instead two weeks age she had woken up in her coffin having to dig her way out only to be greeted by monsters and demons that only she could fight.
The only place that she could find peace from the fighting was at church. So there she was in church, last row listing to the songs that they were singing. When that ended a young man about age 25 or 30 stepped up to the mic and thanked everyone for coming. He said that tonight he was going to be preaching on "How to fight your demons." Buffy couldn't believe it, these Christians new about demons. "Well I know God knew about them, but he told these people about them too" she thought. Suddenly she didn't feel so alone. Then as they got deeper into the message Buffy realized that they were talking about inner demons, like lust and rebellion, sin stuff. She knew she had to deal with those things in her life but it seemed the demons out there needed to be dealt with first.
She was about to leave when the Pastor started to preach that everyone had a purpose and a destiny. Buffy couldn't help but let out a low groan, even at church she had to hear it, she was the chose one, blah blah blah. Once again she got up to leave but she couldn't move, the Pastor's message was different then any she had ever heard about this destiny stuff, he certainly didn't sound like Giles. He was saying that God had designed and chosen each and very person there with specific intent and meaning for there life and that they owed it to themselves to find what that was. The pastor spoke again and said "what kind of God would He be if He didn't have a plan for your life and it wasn't the best plan?" This got Buffy thinking "he's right, God has got to have something in mind or else he wouldn't have let me be brought back here, but how do I find out what it is?" Then the pastor asked if anyone would like this and if they could please raise their hand.
Well at this time Buffy's heart started to beat really fast and loud, kindda like when Angel was around. But he wasn't, it was something bigger. For the first time Buffy felt something that she hadn't felt since she left heaven, and that was God. She thought of all the bad things in her life that she had done, things that the bible had said was wrong and so she thought to herself "why did I even go to heaven when I died, I believed in God but I wasn't living for Him, but I want to now, I want to find the destiny I have in Him." She knew that the only way she was going to heaven was if she believed that because Jesus died on the cross her sins were forgiven and that it didn't matter what she did. So Buffy raised her hand and received Jesus as Savior and Lord over her life.